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Behind the Mask: A Superhero Anthology

Behind the Mask is an exciting collection of short stories about the everyday lives of superheroes. Ranging from laugh-out-loud funny to deliciously dark, these stories are about the ordinary day-to-day challenges facing these extraordinary individuals growing up, growing old, relationships, parenting, coping with that age-old desire to fit in when, let s face it, they don't.

“Ms. Liberty Gets a Haircut” by Cat Rambo, copyright © 2009 by Cat Rambo, originally published in Strange Horizons (October 26, 2009);

“Destroy the City with Me Tonight” by Kate Marshall, copyright © 2017 by Kate Marshall;

“Fool” by Keith Frady, copyright © 2017 by Keith Frady;

“Pedestal” by Seanan McGuire, copyright © 2017 by Seanan McGuire;

“As I Fall Asleep” by Aimee Ogden, copyright © 2017 by Aimee Ogden;

“Meeting Someone in the 22nd Century or Until the Gears Quit Turning” by Jennifer Pullen, copyright © 2017 by Jennifer Pullen;

“Inheritance” by Michael Milne, copyright © 2017 by Michael Milne;

“Heroes” by Lavie Tidhar, copyright © 2016 by Lavie Tidhar, originally published in Strange Horizons (September 19, 2016);

“Madjack” by Nathan Crowder, copyright © 2017 by Nathan Crowder;

“Quintessential Justice” by Patrick Flanagan, copyright © 2017 by Patrick Flanagan;

“The Fall of the Jade Sword” by Stephanie Lai, copyright © 2017 by Stephanie Lai;

“Origin Story” by Carrie Vaughn, copyright © 2016 by Carrie Vaughn, LLC, originally published in Lightspeed Magazine (April 2016);

“Eggshells” by Ziggy Schutz, copyright © 2017 by Ziggy Schutz;

“Salt City Blue” by Chris Large, copyright © 2017 by Chris Large;

“Birthright” by Stuart Suffel, copyright © 2017 by Stuart Suffel;

“The Smoke Means It’s Working” by Sarah Pinsker, copyright © 2017 by Sarah Pinsker;

“Torch Songs” by Keith Rosson, copyright © 2017 by Keith Rosson;

“The Beard of Truth” by Matt Mikalatos, copyright © 2017 by Matt Mikalatos;

“Over an Embattled City” by Adam R. Shannon, copyright © 2017 by Adam R. Shannon;

“Origin Story” by Kelly Link, copyright © 2006 by Kelly Link, originally published in A Public Space (Winter 2006) and reprinted in Kelly Link’s Get in Trouble (Random House; 2015)

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 290
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780996626262
  • Genres
  • fantasy, anthologies, superheroes, fiction, adult, unfinished
  • Release date
  • 2017